Thurston County COVID-19 cases grow to 160
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Thurston County rose by three on Thursday for a total of 160, public health officials announced.
The three cases, which now makes six this week, were a man in his 70s and two men in their 20s, Thurston County Public Health and Social Services data show.
Public Health Director Schelli Slaughter said Thursday that of the three cases, one case is associated with a recent outbreak in Tumwater at Olympics West Retirement Inn, an independent living and assisted living facility.
The person who contracted the virus lives with an Olympics West staff member, she said.
Through Tuesday, 19 people had tested positive at Olympics West, The Olympian reported. Eleven staff and eight residents have contracted the virus, acting county health officer Dr. Diana Yu said. One of the residents is hospitalized, she said.
The second outbreak is at the four-resident Infinite Care Adult Family Home in Lacey, according to The Olympian’s previous reporting. A staff person who tested positive works at both Olympics West and Infinite Care. One resident and another staff member at the adult family home have since also tested positive for a total of three cases, according to the county.
Of the 160 cases the county has tallied since early March, 130 people have either recovered or are recovering, and there has been one death, giving the county 29 active cases, the data show.
In the region
▪ Pierce County had 21 new cases on Thursday, increasing its overall total to 2,009. Three more people also died, all with underlying health conditions. They were a University Place woman in her 100s, a central Pierce County man in his 70s and a central Pierce County man in his 60s. In total, 83 people with COVID-19 have died in Pierce County. COVID-19 likely caused 78 of the deaths, county health officials say.
▪ Lewis County has had a total of 37 cases and three deaths.
▪ Mason County has had 36 cases and one death.
▪ Grays Harbor County now has 19 cases.
Around the state, nation and world
In Washington state, there had been 22,729 confirmed cases reported as of Friday, with 1,138 deaths total, according to the state Department of Health.
Across the country, 1.89 million people had tested positive for the virus and nearly 109,000 people had died as of Friday, including more than 30,000 in New York state, Johns Hopkins University data show.
Globally, there have been 6.7 million confirmed cases of the disease and 393,000 deaths, the data show. The United States has more than triple the number of cases than any other country; Brazil is second with 615,000 cases. However, the United Kingdom has had the second most deaths from the virus, with more than 40,000.
This story was originally published June 4, 2020 at 6:27 PM.
